THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israel, Lebanon and the Jews of Beirut (Continued from Page 1) changed its policy towards Israel: The atmosphere is tense and hostile. The Lebanese people seem to have forgotten, that Israel has freed them from the Palestinian terrorists and the Syrian army. Visits of members of Is- raeli women's- organizations . to help Arab refugees have stop- ped. There are no more visits of Hasidim to pray with Israeli soldiers and tourists from all over the world. President Amin cancelled the visit of his sister in Israel. Shopkeepers in Beirut and other places do not wait any more for Jewish buyers. Instead of them they have American, French and Ita- lian soldiers. Many shops no longer accept Israeli shekels in payment. There is no prospect any more for a peace treaty with Lebanon. There will be negotiations between Israel and Lebanon about the withdrawal of all foreign forces. It is characteristic that the Lebanese govern- ment chose their former representative in the UN, Assan Toueni, to head the negotiations. He is known as extremely anti-Israel. A Jewish inhabitant of Beirut told Kol Israel's Matti Eden that he was af- raid to meet Israeli soldiers in Beirut. He is living in the Jewish quarter Bawadi Jamil, has learned Hebrew in an Alliance school. He said, that many Jews left during the Lebanese civil war for Europe. The Pales- tinian terrorists persecuted the Jews and extorted money. A Jew who once lived in Beirut, Jair Doar, told us that before the estab- lishment of the state of Is- rael there was free movement between Is- rael and Lebanon. In summer many Jews came from Eretz Israel to the mountains of Lebanon. Jews could visit the vil- lages and Tripoli without fear and enjoy them- selves. The summer re- sorts in Lebanon were called "Little Paris." Doar came to Lebanon from Damascus 60 years ago. He went with his par- ents to Eretz Israel. Today he works in the Israeli De- fense Ministry. He hopes that there will be peace with Lebanon and that one will be able again to visit freely and meet old friends. A 40-year-old Jewish woman, who is unmarried, came from Lebanon to Is- rael. She appealed to the rabbi of Migdal Haemek, David Grossman who is famous for his "miracles," to give her a blessing, that she and her sister would find Jewish husbands. She had • heard in Beirut about the deeds of the rabbi and got a permit from the „Jewish military authorities to come by car to Israel. After re- ceiving the blessing of the rabbi she returned to Be- irut. * * * A Jewish soldier, who married a Christian girl from Lebanon during the "Peace for Galilee" action, is now divorced. Ilan Ilus, a paratrooper in the Israeli army, fell in love with an 18-year old Chris- tian girl in Beirut. Their wedding took place several months ago in a monastery. • The bride left her job as bookkeeper in Beirut and came to Israel. But the par- ents of the husband refused to accept her as their son's wife and demanded the di- vorce. The husband gave in to his parents. But there is a difficulty. The woman is considered by the Chris- tian church as married, while according to to Jewish law the marriage is not valid. The girl appealed to the Israeli army to give her fi- nancial aid because she had spent all her money on her wedding. * * * A Jewish inhabitant of Beirut wishes to visit Israel to see his family and buy kosher meat. Josef Hasuk is religious, 35-years old and speaks Hebrew. When Is- raeli soldiers entered Be- irut, he received them with flowers and asked them to help him visit Israel, where his two brothers and sisters live with their families. He was born in Beirut, married there and has three children. His whole- family has lived in the Jewish quarter of Wadi Abu Zamet in Beirut. From there they went to the Boushira Quar- ter near the French hospi- tal. Continued Draft Registration Urged by Orthodox Group NEW YORK (JTA) — An advisory letter to officials of Jewish religious schools throughout the United States, urging that they re- quest their students to con- tinue to register for the draft when they become 18, despite a federal court order invalidating the draft regis- tration system, has been distributed by the Orthodox Jewish Coalition on the Selective Service, according to Rabbi Herman Neuberger, the coalition chairman. Neuberger said the letter was prompted by the wide- spread publicity given to the recent decision of Judge Terry Hatter in Federal District Court in Los Angeles invalidating the draft registration. The coalition, an urn= brella group Of major Or- thodox Jewish organiza- tions was_ established in 1980 to deal with the prob- lems presented to the Or- thodox Jewish community by the reintroduction of draft legislation. After the Six-Day War in 1967 his three brothers and sisters left for Israel. 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